Stove structure



Dec. 15, 1931.

Y 'J. TELLER STOVE STRUQTURE Filed Feb. 26, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 YEW/SF (II 006 JelJefl Patented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT oFncE JACOB TELLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGINOR TO TELLER CORPORATION, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS STOVE STRUCTURE Application filed February 26, 1930. Serial No. 431,348.

My invention relates to stove structures, particularly to kitchen ranges in which solid fuel such as wood or coal is used.

In stove'structures of this class it is customary to provide a reservoir for heating Water. Heretofore the arrangement for accommodating a water reservoir comprised an ex tension frame at the end of the stove body covered by a top forming an extension of the range stove top, the extension top being provided with a rectangular opening having a lid through which water might be charged into the reservoir or ladled therefrom.

In stove structures of this type it has also INS-been customary to provide warming closets supported above the stove top at the rear thereof which closets received their heat from V a stove pipe extending therethrough and visible from the front of the stove. Modern 80. changes in stove designs and structure have eliminatedthis visible stove pipe and such pipe now extends from the rear of the stove and behind the stove and the closet space to the chimney so that such closet space is de- 2 prived of its heating source.

An important object of my invention is to provide an arrangement Which compensates for the loss of heat in the high closets by utilizing as a warming chamber the space in which the water reservoir is accommodated, such space being made large enough to hold the water reservoir and also shelving for supporting containers for utensils whose contents are to be warmed .or kept warm, and in my improved arrangement the water reservoir and shelving are removable so that the warming space may receive the water reservoir or the water reservoir may be withdrawn and the space filled with shelving to serve as a warming chamber to take the place of the warming space made useless by the change in location of the stove pipe. I

Although my invention could be applied where an extension frame and top on the stove body form the heating space for the reservoir, such arrangement is not the most practical from a manufacturing or decorative standpoint and it more or less upsets the balance and ornamental design of the stove structure.

Another important obj ect of my invention is therefore to provide construction and arrangement which will bring the combined warming chamber and water reservoir heating space within the main body of the stove structure so as to eliminate the more or less unsightly extension on the stove body frame and the extension to the stove top.

A further important object is to make such warming and reservoir accommodating space 50 accessible from the front ofthe stove and to provide a door therefor in harmony with other doors and closuremembers at the front of the stove.

v Still a further object is to provide a faucet 5 for the water reservoir so that when the door in front of the warming chamber is opened hot water may be withdrawn from the front of the reservoir. With 'such arrangement an ordinary circular lidded opening can be provided in the stove top above the warming chamber through which the reservoir could be filled and which opening could then serve for'supporting utensils whose contents could be cooked or warmed by the hot water or steam or by the heat'in the warming chamber.

A further object is to provide, in lace of the Warming compartments hereto ore located above the top of the stove, drawers or shallow compartments for cutlery, cooking, or other utensils.

The above enumerated and other features of my invention are incorporated in the structure disclosed on the drawings, on which drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the stove structure with parts broken away;

Figure 2 is an enlarged section on plane IIII of Figure 1; 4

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on plane III-III of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a section on plane IV-IV of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a front elevation partly 1n section, with the doors removed; and I Figure 6 is a fragmentary plan view of the stove top.

The structure shown comprises the main or front frame 10 which may be in the form of an integral casting having the oven open- 1 0 ing 11 therein, and having at the left side the opening 12 for access to the fire pot and ash pit. The frame 10 is seated on the front wall of a rectangular base 13 for which supporting legs 14 are provided at the corners.

The base also supports a rear wall structure 15, a left end Wall structure 16, and a right end wall structure 17, while at their upper ends these wall structures and the front frame support the stove top 18.

Extending. rearwardly to the end wall structure from the vertical section 19 of the front frame 10 at the right of the oven door opening 11 are spaced apart parallel plates 20 and 21 forming a flue 22 which is connected in the heat circulatory path of the stove in the well known manner. In accordance with my invention the space 23 between the outer flue wall 21 and the right end wall structure 17 forms a warming or heating chamber or closet in which may be supported a hot water reservoir 24. V The end wall structure 17 may be of sheet metal and may have a heat baffle or lining plate 25 spaced therefrom to leave an insulating air space 26. At their lower ends the wall 17 and plate 25 may engage in a groove 27 provided in the base 13 and at their upper ends these walls may engage below the depending flange 28 of the stove top 18. At their rear ends these walls are suitably secured to the rear wall structure 15 which forms the rear closure for the warming space 23.

The flue wall 21 has a tier of ledges 29 and the liner plate 25 of the end wall structure 17 has corresponding ledges 30, these ledges serving to support shelves 31 when the water reservoir is removed from the chamber 23. The upper set of ledges will serve to receive the outturned flanges 32 at the upper end of the water reservoir to support such reservoir 4 with its inner side close against the flue wall 21 in order'to receive the heat therefrom by conduction, the reservoir being usually formed of heat conductlve material such as copper. To assist in supporting the reservoir 1t may rest on one of the shelves, as shown in Figure 1. With this arrangement the reservoir may readily be withdrawn from the chamber 23 if it is desired to utilize this entire space for other warming purposes.

In the stove top 18 directly above the chamber 23 I preferably provide an ordinary circular opening 33 to be covered by the ordinary stove lid 34, through which opening water may'be filled into the reservoir, or through which hot water may be la-dled. Preferably, however, afaucet 35 is provided at the lower end of the water reservoir through which hot water may be drawn from the front of the stove. This arrangement makes it more convenient to withdraw hot water and it also enables the circular openmg 33 1n the stove top to be utilized for the reception of utensils whose contents are to be warmed or cooked by the hot water in the reservoir or by steam generated therein or by the heat rising from the chamber 23.

The reservoir 24 may be shallow enough to leave considerable space below it in the chamber 23 for a few shelves for the accommodation of utensils or containers to be kept warm or heated. However, if desired,the reservoir may be dispensed with and the entire chamber 23 utilized as a heating or warming closet or for storing utensils.

The arrangement for obtaining decorative design and effect may incorporate the principles disclosed in my copending application Serial No. 428,256, filed February 14, 1930. This arrangement involves the application of pre-decorated panels to the doors and closure members and to the spaces surrounding such doors and members so that the entire front frame of the stove will be concealed and the front of the stove will present a continuous decorative surface.

) For the oven opening 11 a door frame 36 is provided which may be in the form of a light casting and whose outer side and edges are entirely cov :red by a pre-deeorated panel Bil 37. For the space '12 a door frame 38 is pro- To the front frame 10 above the oven opening 11 is applied a pre-decorated panel 40 which extends from the stove top to the top of the door 36. Between the lower edge of the oven door and the base 13 the stove front 10 is covered by a pro-decorated panel 41. These panels 40 and 41 may be secured in a manner similar to that disclosed in my copending application referred to.

A door comprising a frame 42 covered at its front and along its sides by a pre-decorated panel 43, extends vertically from the stove top to the base and laterally from the panels 40 and 41 and the oven door clear to the outer edge of the stove side wall structure 17 and forms a closure for the heating chamber or closet'23.

The doors are provided with suitable hinges (not shown) and with handles 44, and when these doors are closed they form with the panels 40 and 41 a covering for entirely concealing the stovefront frame and the panels form a continuous, uninterru ted decorative surface for the front of t e stove.

a continuation of the decoration on the doors and other panels.

Rising from the stove top near the rear thereof are the brackets 46 and 47 which at l.

their upper ends support a shelf 48 from v of these doors or drawers are preferably cov- 'ered by pro-decorated panels 52 forming a continuous decorated surface and entirely I concealing the supporting frame parts.

In line with the more modern developments in stove construction and arrangement the stove pipe, which before extended up from the stove top in front of the splash panel and through highw'arming closets,-has

been dispensed with as being unsightly and is now usually extended upwardly from the back of the stove body and behind the splash panel and therefore the heat from the stove pipe is no longer available for heating high warming closets. Such heating loss is, however, compensated for by my improved arrangement in which the warming chamber or closet 23 is provided within the body of thestove. The hot water reservoir 24 may be of standard capacity and still leave considerable warming space below it in the closet 23 and if the entire closet space is desired for warming purposes the tank can be dispensed with andsheIving applied throughout the closet as shown in Figure 5.

When the water reservoir is used hot water can be readily withdrawn therefrom by means of the faucet 35. The opening 33 in the stove topabove the closet 23 may then be circular and provided with a standard lid. Through this opening the reservoir may readily be replenished and the opening will serve to support utensils whose contents are to be kept warm or to be cooked by the steam of the water or by the heat in the closet 23. The reservoir is extended to be 'as closely as possible in contact with the hot flue wall 21 but along the-front and back and the outer side of the reservoir there is adequate space for the upward flow of heat to the opening 33.

ing closet extending from the stove top to a the base, a door for closing said space, shelf supports provided in said closet, and a water reservoir suspended in said closet from said shelf supports to be removable forwardly from the front ofthe stove.

2. In a stove structure of the class described, a combination of a stove top and a base, a front frame between said top and base, side and rear wall structures between said top and base, an oven compartment located centrally of the front of the stove and provided with a; door, a fire-box and ash pit space at one side of said oven compartment provided with a common door extending from the stove top to the base, a space between said oven compartment and the adjacent side wall of the stove forming a warming closet extending from the stove top to the base, a door for closing said closet, said oven door at its side edges abutting said fire-box and ash pit space door and said closet door and said fire-box and ash pit space door and said closet door' extending to the adjacent edges of the stove, and a water reservoir insertable into said warming closet from the front ofthe stove.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at Chicago, Cook County,

Illinois.

- JACOB TELLER.

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-I do not desire to be limited to the exact structure and arrangement shown and described as modifications and changes can be i made which would still come within the scope and principles of the invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a stove' structure of the class described, the combination of a stove top and a base, a front frame between said top andbase, side and rear wall structures between said top and base, an oven compartment located centrally of the front of the stove and provided with a door,a fire box and ash pit space at one side of said oven compartment p'rovided with a common door, a vertical flue along the other side of said oven compart ment, a space between said flue and the adjacent side wall structure forming a warm 

